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Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie · 2019

Disco Elysium

Disco Elysium is a role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM. It is set in the fictional city of Revachol, where players assume the role of an amnesic detective investi...

Base FPS
75
CPU dependence
1.1×
VRAM base
8 GB

Developer: ZA/UM · Publisher: ZA/UM

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Workload profile
Balanced

How this title tends to pressure your system during typical gameplay.

VRAM demand
Moderate (8 GB+)

Estimated VRAM floor for stable high settings at 1080p.

Base target
75 FPS

Reference FPS target before applying your exact CPU, GPU, and resolution.

Recommended Settings for Disco Elysium

These are title-specific settings with the biggest FPS gain for the least visual tradeoff.

Volumetric Quality
Medium

Improves frametime stability without visual degradation.

Upscaling (DLSS / FSR)
Quality

Boosts effective 1% low fps and reduces GPU load.

Build Configuration

Algorithm

Resolution-scaled hardware vectors combined with per-game load offsets. Details on Methodology.

Estimated Game FPS
73FPS

Disco Elysium · 1080p · realistic optimized settings.

Bottleneck Level
27%

Percentage of frames capped by the weaker component.

CPU-bound at 1080p

Intel Core i5-12400F can't keep NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super fully fed in Disco Elysium. Lower resolution amplifies the gap; a faster CPU would unlock frames.

Estimated System Load

CPU Load91%
GPU Load72%

Smart Upgrade Path

Auto-derived from your current build imbalance.

Suggested CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Rebalances your NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super — pushes projected bottleneck under 8%.

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